Damper for bad vibrations

R. McNeill Alexander ()
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R. McNeill Alexander: School of Biology, University of Leeds

Nature, 2001, vol. 414, issue 6866, 855-857

Abstract: Some muscle fibres in the legs of horses seem to be evolutionary leftovers with no function. But in fact they may act to damp damaging vibrations generated in the leg as the horse runs.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1038/414855a

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